PUBLIC SEND-OFF: Members of the public queue to see the coffin of late Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan as it is carried into St Joseph's Church for a public reposal in Limerick. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

LOVING MEMORY: Former school classmates of Dolores O'Riordan carry yellow flowers to signify sunshine as mourners and members of the public pay their respects to the late singer as she lays in repose inside St Joseph's Church in Limerick. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

GANG FEUD SUSPICIONS: Garda technical bureau staff at the scene of the fatal shooting of Derek Coakley-Hutch at Bridgeview halting site in Dublin. Photograph: Stephen Collins

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR: Photographer Tom Stoddart (left), chairman of the judging panel Dermot O'Shea and photographer Eamonn McCabe at the judging of the 40th Press Photographers Association of Ireland Press Photographer of the Year awards in Dublin. The winners will be announced next month. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

END DIRECT PROVISION: Anti-war and anti-racism activist Margaretta D'Arcy speaks at a rally organised by the Galway Anti-Racism Network, urging an end to Ireland's Direct Provision system for refugees and asylum seekers. Photograph: Joe O'Shaughnessy

STATUE SHUT DOWN: Bypassers near a ferry terminal at Battery Park in New York City, with the Statue of Liberty in the background. The landmark was closed due to the US government shutdown after US senators failed to pass a new federal spending bill. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images

PASSING OUT: New recruits of the Jammu and Kashmir police forces march during their passing out parade at a training centre in Sheeri, Baramulla, some 65km north of Srinagar, Kashmir. Photograph: Farooq Khan/EPA